from the water; the bow of the second
canoe had been stove in, and she also had sunk to the water level; a
fierce fight was going on between several of the Malays; the chief,
who was being supported by two of his crew, was shouting furiously; and
others of his men, in obedience to his orders, were diving under water.
Harry turned to the gunboat, and called to the men to bring Soh Hay,
the interpreter, to the side. A minute later the man was hustled to the
rail.

"Tell that chief that we have got his child safely on board," Harry
shouted.

Again and again the interpreter called out; but it was some time before
he could make the chief pay attention to him. As the latter caught the
purport of his words his face changed at once, and, after calling to his
men to desist from their search, his head sank on to the shoulder of one
of the men supporting him, and he evidently lost consciousness.

"He is badly hurt, Dick; we had better get him on board, too. Old
Horsley was wishing this morning that he had something to do beyond
administering doses of quinine to the men."

Taking the tiller, he brought the boat alongside the chief, and four of
the sailors, directed by Dick, gently raised him from the water and laid
him on the bottom of the boat. Blood was flowing freely from an ugly
gash in his face, and it was evident from the manner in which his left
arm hung limp, as they lifted him up, that either the shoulder or the
arm itself was broken.

"Get him alongside at once, lads," Dick said. "I expect he is more
injured than we see. The other fellows will be all right; they can all
swim like fish."

In two or three minutes the injured man was laid down under an awning
over the fore deck of the cruiser, and the surgeon at once came up.

"How is the child, Doctor?"

"She is still insensible," he said, "but she will soon be all right. I
can't discover any injury, and I think it likely that it was the sudden
shock, and perhaps a knock against the side of the boat, that stunned
her; for I have no doubt she could swim, small as she is. This is a much
more serious affair; he has an ugly gash in his temple, his collarbone
is broken, and," he went on, as he passed his hands down the patient's
side, "he has two, if not more ribs broken."

"Well, we will leave him to you, Doctor; there are a lot of these
fellows in the water, and I suppose they must be brought on board until
we can get a boat to take them ashore."

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